St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-23

@ the people of Min
AZW = nesOta with as live
EA5N : Iva political battle
< in the coming cam
paign as they have ever witnessed, and
the Democrats are strongly organizing
and equipping themselves to do hot and
effective work.
1t cannot be truthfally argued that
there is better material for congress
man in the Fifth district than can be
found in the Zenith city. There are
men there who are pioneers in the state
and who through their enterprise and
tirelesS energy have brought Duluth up
to standard of Importance in the COM
mercial world that has attracted the at
tention of the country at large, and of
which the people of Minnesota should
be proud. Duluth is to Minnesota what
Chicago is to Illinois and the railroads.
The shipping and the attention by the
kings of commerce given to Duluth will
greatly increase the Importance of Min
neSOta as a state. Duluth is destined to
be the gateway through which the traffic
of the great Northwest must flow east
ward into the marts of Europe, and this
enterpriSing little city of $4,000 people
will some day be a metropolis of which
every loyal Minnesotian will be proud.
These men of Duluth, the capital
city of the Fifth district, claim that they
are entitled to political recognition.
They claim it, because they have fought
tirelessly for the interests of the state
ever since they settled there; because
through their energy the town has
grown to be an important city; because
they have brought the vast stretches of
pine forests and inexhaustible mineral
fields of the North nearer to the heart
of commerce; because they have men,
honest, enterprising and loyal to- the
best interests of the state, whose long
residence here has given them a valu-
able understanding of the needs of that
wide sweep of country included inilthe
boundary lines that encompass the Fifth
district. These are their reasons, and
standing on these reasons they propose
to make fight that will be in keeping
with the sanguinary contests that have
In the past marked the political history
of that district. The result of such
contest can be made conjecture only
through the absolute refusal of Knute
Nelson to run for reelection. - '93
Both Democrats and Republicans are
already busy casting about for strong
men who would be liable through their
popularity to carry the party safely over
the winning line in the face of preju-
diceS and jealOuSieS that would un-
factions throught the western, southern
and central parts of the districts. AS
yet the. Republicans have set up only
three men for public inspection.
Leading among these is Judge
Stearns, an able man whose name has
been mentioned in connection with the
appointment to fill the vacancy on the
supreme bench of the United States,
created by the resignation of Judge
Berry. Nobody seems to question the
judges ability to fill the chair of con-
gresham from the bottom up, but there
is a feeling among the enterprising
classes that he has not the characters
tics OF the hustler sufficiently developed
In him to make a success, and it is prob
able that, although he makes a strong
pull for the nomination, he will fall
short. However, the Democrats seem
to be anxious for him to enter the field
and would be pleased to see him nomi-
mated, for they give it out that
they could drift him under easier than
any other man the party is now consid-
ering excepting perhaps Col. G. Fl.
Graves, a politician who has not yet won
national fame, but has made a grand
success as real estate dealer and now
enjoys the money that he has boarded
during the years that Duluth has been
coming to the front. Charlemange
Tower is looked upon with favor by the
republicans and it cannot be denied
that he is a man of considerable in
t1uence in that part of the country, be-
ing president of the Duluth d Iron
Range railroad, heavily interested in the
mineral development of the Vermilion
lake country, the founder of the town
OF Tower and an energetic boomer Of
the town of West Superior. Tower has
made mint of money in the Northwes:
and has spent it literally in developilfs
that country. 1t is claimed by him that
he doesn't want to mix up in politics. a.
his business interests employ his entire
time and attention, but it is limited th:t
he will be urged to go into the fight d.
he is considered the strongest man, ta,s
ing all things into consideration, tll.g
the Republicans of st. Louis county can
put in the ring.
THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE. ".S
Turning to the Democratic side of the
fence, material is found in ample guam
titles, and much of it is all wool and
yard wide. There is no member Of the
Democratic party that stands highet III
st. Louis county to-day than Johni b.
Sutphin, the mayor of Duluth, and he
counts his friends. not only in his. own
political party, but among the Repub
HcanS, who, were he congressional
candidate, would cast their vote for, him,
although they might not be warranted
in using their influence outside the. bal
lot box for his election. Mr.. Sutphin
was elected mayor of Duluth by good
round majority, and has always
stood firmly upon the principles
that have governed the Democ-I
racy; He has long been, a
resident of Duluth and 3:y,has
watched the growth of that city
since it was a struggling village of
hardly 200 inhabitants. He came there
an emigrant, and, hand over Land,
pulled himself up the rope of ENTERPRISE
until he reached the knot of success,
and to-day he is a prosperous man of
business. His latest venture was the
purchase of the property of the Potter
River Cattle company, valued at $780,
600. This, together with his stock yards,
his slaughtering and cold storage busi-
ness. has placed him in the front rank
of Duluth business men. Mr.. Sutphin
is yet young man, hardly past the me-
ridian of life, and is full of energy and
enterprise, whOle-souled. friend of the
poor and true MinnesOtian, he stands
out head and shoulders above any other
Democratic candidate for congress in
the Fifth district. He is the laboring
mans candidate and the business mans
choice, and if st. Louis county has the
power to name the nominee in the next
Fifth district Democratic convention
John B. Sutphin will undoubtedly be
the unanimous choice.
Charles M. Parkhurst, chairman of